TESTING 1951 FORDS Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Sign on door, ‘Ford Motor Co. Vehicles Test Dept., Phoenix Section’ - test driver coming out of door, getting into ‘Ford test car’ - test car on desert highway - test gauges inside car - view of test car on dirt road - engineer at control board of test equipment - V-8 engine hooked up to testing equipment - man at control board - Ford showroom - new Ford test car coming over crest of hill, being driven through deep mud, in deep water, over cobblestones, on test track - test car hitting hard bumps - car springs being tested - car bouncing over desert road - new Ford in showroom - woman leaving house, calling children - children bouncing on car seat - car seat springs being tested - car door hooked up to motor which continuously slams and opens door - cars on Ford test track, replica of Independence Hall in background - test car going over steep hill - cobblestone - test car on mountain road, desert road - view of speedometer - new car in amusement park, children getting out, running toward merry-go-round - ‘Ford’ emblem on front of car. [1950]
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